English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises with Reading Comprehension

1A. GRAMMAR

1.

1. older
2. never
3. that
4. have

2.

1. will have left
2. was playing
3. weighs

3.

1. hadn't destroyed
2. worrying
3. had sent
4. would buy

4.

1. won't be allowed into the theatre unless you've got a ticket
2. having my carpet cleaned at the moment
3. to buy a cake for the party
4. whose coat this is

VOCABULARY

1

1. boring
2. under
3. preparing
4. confident

2

1. donate
2. delay
3. depress
4. develop

3.

1. international
2. peaceful
3. responsible
4. innocent

4

1. respectful to their teachers
2. butterflies in my stomach
3. got married
4. protesters

READING

1. ABB
2. 1F2F3T4T
3. 1. deliberately
   2. architecture
   3. conquered
   4. culture
   5. popular
   6. temporary

1B GRAMMAR

1.

1. have won
2. will have to
3. will have finished
4. was being decorated

2

1. were watching
2. will have been playing
3. wouldn't have got
4. travelling

3

1. as tall as her cousin Joan
2. suggested going
3. the house where Charles Dickens was born
4. must have got very wet in the rain last night

4

1. is looking
2. has had
3. whose
4. correct

VOCABULARY

1

1. disrespectful
2. sensitive
3. stylish
4. modest

2

1. looking
2. come
3. apologize
4. replaced

3

1. made a fortune
2. out of the blue
3. take part
4. got good grades

4

1. optimistic
2. get
3. illegal
4. useful

READING

1. ADB
2. 3 palabras del A

2A GRAMMAR

1

1. 's going to drive
2. anything
3. yet
4. cut

2

1. have been booking
2. will be doing
3. will need
4. used to walk

3

1. had lost
2. to look
3. seeing
4. will have returned

4

1. suggested we go
2. the man who painted my picture last week
3. can't go out tonight unless you finish your homework first
4. was taken to hospital last night

VOCABULARY

1

1. find out
2. stopped off
3. had been going out
4. set off

2

1. safety
2. founder
3. donation
4. openness

4

1. the theatre box office
2. shyness
3. animal rights
4. outskirts of the town

READING

1

ABA

2

1. "Rationing" was when the government said how much food everybody could have during World War II.
2. The Wimbledon queue is successful because it is well organized, has rules, and is exciting and fun.
3. It doesn't work well because it is fair and reduces the time that everyone has to wait.

3

1. huge
2. influence
3. introduced
4. fail
5. realize
6. visible

2B GRAMMAR

1

1. have seen
2. walking
3. was swimming
4. could phone

2

1. have worn
2. have written
3. are taught
4. to sit

3

1. asked me whether I had been taking my medicine
2. the boy whose bike broke last week
3. having my house painted next Tuesday
4. able to book a holiday if we save some money

4

(nosotros)

VOCABULARY

1

1. getting better
2. went windsurfing
3. make friends
4. do well

2

1. dishonest
2. affluent
3. multi-colored
4. offensive

3

1. taught herself
2. put on a brave face
3. in the city centre
4. take part in

4

1. immature
2. sponsored
3. back/neck
4. inventions

READING

1

AAB

3

1. huge
2. influence
3. introduced
4. fail
5. realize
6. visible